by Noah Smith The unprecedented heat wave that recently gripped the Pacific Northwest demonstrates a crucial fact about climate change that most people don’t seem to appreciate […]
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Ransomware attacks will continue
by Tyler Cowen The latest cyberattack, apparently emanating from Russia again, has hit at least 20 software firms affecting at least 1,000 businesses. It follows a cyberattack […]
The latest target of coercive patriotism
by John M. Crisp Citizens of a certain mindset may be put off by their first sight of Gwen Berry. Her eyelashes are disarmingly long, and sometimes […]
Time for a new ‘Good Neighbor Policy’ with Latin America
“America is back,” President Biden announced repeatedly in meeting with allies in Europe. The question, of course, is back for what? Biden has sensibly insisted that we […]
Can football fix our vaccine divide?
by Doyle McManus For a few blessed weeks there, it was possible to believe the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was nearing its end. Case numbers […]
Gunfire can hit anyone, anywhere, anytime
by Rekha Basu Starting Thursday, Iowans will be allowed to buy handguns from private sellers, and carry them, without permits. In other words, you’ll have even less […]
When Congress becomes a circus
by Laura Packard I know a thing or two about the intoxication of instant fame. When then-President Donald Trump blocked me on Twitter a few years ago […]
Bill Cosby was freed from prison. I’m shocked. I’m angry. But also a little happy
by Jenice Armstrong I’m so conflicted. I hate to admit it, but it’s true. Part of me is secretly happy that Bill Cosby is out of prison. […]
America’s empathy problem — and what to do about it
by Herb Cromwell A dictionary definition of empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It’s not the same as sympathy. As memoirist […]
Impact of our war on police
by Jay Ambrose Suppose you’re in a battlefield with bad guys coming at you full force and you have the means of stopping them, but, while calling […]
